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1. Shake It Off!
Matthew 10:1-42
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Carlyle Fielding Stewart
... He's now graduated and running a successful business! He didn't get stuck on what unjustly happened to him. He shook it off and got on with his life! When asked the key to his positive outlook his response was one word, "PRAYER!" What did James Earl Jones do after being teased so badly by his fellow schoolmates for stuttering so terribly that he could barely utter an audible word? He shook it off and is now one of the most articulate and successful actors in Hollywood! What did Marian Anderson do when told ...
2. When God Overdoes It
Lamentations 1:1-22
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David E. Leininger
... that burdens us down beside these words: the lost job, the retirement gone, the cancer that took Mother this year, the worry about the divorced daughter. We don't like to think about things like that - Carlyle Marney, that great Baptist preacher with a voice that James Earl Jones would envy, used to say that we play hard to forget that we live in a haunted house. But those are the facts of life. Sometimes the truth is tough, the questions raised are difficult and the answers are equally so. But then we see ...
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Eric Ritz
... 1) On this National Bible Sunday, I want to share five reasons why I believe the Holy Bible is the book that no other book can match. Some of you have undoubtedly seen that marvelous television commercial about the yellow pages done by the outstanding actor, James Earl Jones, as he shares testimony why the Bell Telephone Yellow Pages is the book no other can match. The purpose of my message is not to give an emotional appeal to defend the Bible as the inspired, infallible word of God. I don’t have to do ...
4. What Do You Want?
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Scott Hoezee
... gets asked, we don't blink at it. We answer it easily. But that same question can be taken in more than one way. In the movie Field of Dreams, there is a humorous moment when Kevin Costner's character has taken a crotchety, famous author, played by James Earl Jones, to a baseball game. On their way to their seats, Costner casually asks, "What do you want?" to which the author snaps, "I want people to leave me alone. I want people to stop asking me things. I want people to stop believing that I have all the ...
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Billy D. Strayhorn
... give you a couple of examples of the kinds of enemies I'm talking about. Hans Christian Andersen, suffered from dyslexia, yet despite that his stories have thrilled millions of children. He's still one of my favorites. Winston Churchill and James Earl Jones, both noted for there voice and their oratory skills, had a problem with stuttering. Churchill wrote his speeches very carefully, leaving out words that ended in s and then he rehearsed them several times. Thomas Edison, the great inventor, was thought ...
6. When God Overdoes It
Lamentations 1:1-6
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David E. Leininger
... that burdens us down beside these words: the lost job, the retirement gone, the cancer that took Mother this year, the worry about the divorced daughter. We don't like to think about things like that - Carlyle Marney, that great Baptist preacher with a voice that James Earl Jones would envy, used to say that we play hard to forget that we live in a haunted house. But those are the facts of life. Sometimes the truth is tough, the questions raised are difficult and the answers are equally so. But then we see ...
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Billy D. Strayhorn
... shapes and sizes, too. A family can be two brothers like Earl and Randy in My Name Is Earl. But a family can be one person as well, choosing to ... an instrument of Grace. In other words, "You're Never To Old For God." II. Never Too Old A. James Michener was over 80 years of age when his epic novel, Alaska, was released. He'd been thinking ... St. Peter, "Is this my place?" St. Peter said, "No. But do you remember old miss Jones, one of the homebound widows in your church?" The preacher said, "Sure, she's one ...
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King Duncan
... named Homer Jones. For more information please call . . .” and a number was listed. A used tombstone? I guess the deceased no longer needed it. A resurrection, perhaps? Dr. E. Stanley Jones, the ... about a youngster named Earl. As a little boy Earl was rarely spoken to directly by his parents. One day, in desperation for some kind of direct encounter with them, Earl smashed a hole in ... Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2003), pp. 55-56. 3. Dr. Muriel James and Dr. Dorothy Jongeward, Born to Win (Reading, MA: Addison- ...
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King Duncan
... -believers particularly in the King James translation: “Render therefore unto Caesar ... may not know is why she behaved in such a scandalous way. She was the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and supposedly she made her famous ride through the town of Coventry in exchange for her ... we knew.” What would cause one of the most giving people on earth to give up on giving? Charlie “Tremendous” Jones explained why he had given up on giving like this: “Everything I have,” he said, “my life, my potential, ...
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King Duncan
... his Dad. By his own admission, Earl Woods used some unorthodox methods to train his son for success. When Tiger was just a small child, Earl would try to distract him as ... makes us strong enough to bear the heaviest burden? There is a wonderful story told by James Michener in his book, Chesapeake. He says that the Choptank Indians on Maryland’s Eastern ... Doubleday, 1998), p. 70-72. Adapted from a sermon by Gregory Knox Jones, http://chesterpres.org/osermons/s122400.htm. 2. Brett Blair, eSermons. com, adapted ...
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Thomas A. Pilgrim
... a Swedish blacksmith by trade ... I don't know whether God can help me or not." Edgar Dewit Jones said, "You are in luck. God is specializing in Swedish blacksmiths tonight!"7 Whoever you are, God has included ... girl. He is the hope of the world. Our only hope. Thanks be to God! 1. James W. Moore, Standing On The Promises Or Sitting On The Premises (Nashville, Tennessee: Dimensions For Living ... Jesus (Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 1993), p. 26. 4. Earl G. Hunt, A Bishop Speaks His Mind (Nashville, Tennessee ...
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Robert G. Tuttle
... to allow him to exist at the center of my conscience, I am without hope. Stanley Jones makes it clear: "You don’t need to know everything about yourself to surrender yourself - ... s check God out. We are not yet at the end of the possibilities. Bishop Earl Hunt shakes us awake: "We are living in a day in which we are ... too tough. I’m too weak I’ve gone too far. My problems are too great." Listen to James Stewart, the well-known Scotch preacher: "God doesn’t look at me, shake his head and admit, ‘This ...
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